Cellphone users frustrated with short battery lives may soon have a more convenient charger at their disposal "“ the recycling of energy from the phone's own backlight. Read more...

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UCLA materials science and engineering Professor Yang Yang is finding new ways to recycle energy by using solar power to charge cellphones.

Photo illustration by Rei Estrada

When Alex Capecelatro came to UCLA from New York in 2006, he created an extreme sports club to meet others who liked BMX cycling. Read more...

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From left, Jason Hsin, Spencer Hochberg, Alex Capecelatro, Daniel Wilhelm and Professor Leonard Kleinrock are part of a group of mostly UCLA students and alumni starting a social networking site.

As we stepped off the tram 100 meters away from the Swiss-French border, a huge, bronze globe dominated the skyline. The sign in front read "CERN: Accelerating Science." Read more...

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UCLA professors have been actively involved with experiments within CERN laboratories on the Swiss-French border.

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The crowd at the UCLA Faculty Center tittered with laughter as the speaker showed a slideshow of various presidents pledging support for alternative fuels. Read more...

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Author Christopher Horner addresses a crowd of about 350 people at a conference titled “Big Footprint: Is Green the New Tyranny?,” which discussed the negative aspects of sustainability. The event was put on by the American Freedom Alliance and took place June 12-13 at the UCLA Faculty Center.